I couldn't leave you guys hanging for too long so I couldn't help but continue the story. As always enjoy!
'Why is it so bright' Emma thought to herself as her eyes opened to the bright glare. Shielding her eyes she began to sit up. She was sitting in an empty field. The hill she sat on overlooked the bay that had a ferry boat. The entire area was clear, not a single human in sight.
"HELLO?" Emma yelled standing up. Still no one in sight. When she started to turn in circles trying to come to the realization of where she was she heard a chuckle from behind. A chuckle she had heard before.
"I haven't seen you twirl like that since you were a little girl." The voice spoke from behind causing Emma to whip around in disbelief. When she turned and he met her eyes she lunged towards him. Derek.
"Dad?" The girl questioned clinging to her father's body for dear life. Derek smiled as he hugged his little girl back.
"You shouldn't be here Emmy" Derek breathed out letting go of Emma. With confusion sweeping her emotions the teen shook her head in denial.
"Dad did it finally kill me?" The statement made Derek's smile turn into a straight serious face. He had been watching her since he had left and everyday watching her grow made him more upset about the accident. Leaving so many people behind angered him but there wasn't anyway he could go back. Taking a look at the lonesome ferry boat in the bay for a moment Derek directed his attention back at Emma, who still hadn't taken her eyes off of her father.
"Why don't we go for a walk kiddo." Derek stated in a calm voice beginning to walk down the hill causing Emma to chase after him down the declining slope. She didn't understand what her father was thinking about, why couldn't he just answer a simple question?
"You need to explain Dad. Why am I here?" Emma started getting feisty as she tried keeping up with the pace her father was walking at. When she was only getting a grin from her father and no answers Emma got more upset. "DAD!" she yelled out which made Derek come to a halt turning back to his daughter.
"Emma do you remember your first day of school in seattle?"
The question caught Emma off-guard. "Dad how does this even rela-"
"You told me you wanted to go home and you didn't want to face new challenges." Derek cut her off. "You cried for nearly an hour when I told you that. And finally when you were done crying and I dried all the tears from your face and I said it's okay, you'll be fine, and sometimes we need change in our lives. You needed me being gone to be your change. Emma you can't stay here because you're too damn young to be here. You haven't reached enough triumphs and you sure as hell haven't affected the amount of lives you born to change. You don't get to die today." Derek lectured.
"But why was it your time?" Emma rebuttled with tears forming. " I want to stay with you dad. Please" Emma pleaded.
Shaking his head no, Derek stepped closer hugging Emma and placing a kiss on the top of her head. "Emma I can't let you stay. You've got too many people to look after because I'm not there anymore. You've got your siblings and your mom and Meredith and so many more people. Emma me leaving was the change you needed and you may not see it now but this was what you needed."
Emma pulled away wiping away her tears. She didn't want to accept it but her father was right she couldn't stay in whatever this place was. She had too many people to worry about now. Accepting the truth Emma nodded. "Okay. I'll go back."
"Then go ahead." Derek pointed to the path straight ahead of Emma. They exchanged their last hugs and their I love you's and Emma began walking. "And Emma." Derek yelled stopping the girl. "Be nice to Meredith, I can't keep the post-it promise anymore but someone's got to be there to remind her who I was when she's old and has alzheimer's. She needs you kiddo."
Those were the last words Emma heard before everything went white.
"BP IS BACK UP" Karev yelled as Pierce screamed 'I got it' after finding the bleed that had caused the girl's heart to plummet. Pierce started sutchering the bleed and a sigh of relief was let out not only in the OR but in the gallery above them. Everyone sat back in their seats realizing Emma was in the clear while Richard wiped the sweat from his forehead walking to settle down Addison who was being restrained by Amelia in the hallway.
"She's good Addie. They've got her." Richard announced causing Addison to raise her face from Amelia's shoulder with a look of relief in her eyes.
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Emma had been resting in the ICU for hours and still hadn't woken up. Addison hadn't left Emma side since they had finished surgery and transferred her into recovery. Pierce had walked in occasionally checking on Emma but would leave Addison to her thoughts.
"I saw him" a weak voice tore Addison from her lingering thoughts. Emma's eyes were open, she was pale and seemed a bit groggy but her eyes were open and Emma was talking. Jumping up Addison moved over to the side of the bed.
"Emmy you're okay" Addison smiled faintly stroking back the hairs that were hanging out of the scrub cap Emma was still wearing. Nobody had the guts to take it off the girl, they knew she'd be worried if she woke up without it on.
"Mom I saw him. Dad, he was there." Emma continued slowly, still trying to wake up from the amount of amnesia she had been drugged up. Taking a deep breathe Emma proceeded on with her talking "He said I couldn't leave, and I needed to stay for everyone.", her words were shaky and her breathing was shallow as she kept trying to explaining to her mother.
"Emmy I think you should rest a little more." Addison pointed out noticing Emma's shaky tone and her trouble with breathing. After heart surgery she knew Emma should be taking it easy. Not wanting to fight her mother Emma just whispered a 'ok' before lay back down.
Right on the dot, Pierce showed up thirty minutes after her last visit to check if Emma was awake. Seeing the girl's eyes open made Maggie smile as she walked in preparing her stethoscope. "well it's great to see you're awake. You scared us all a little bit back there." Maggie pointed out beginning to listen to the tiny shepherdesses heart. Everything seemed to be beating a functioning properly by the sound of it.
"Everything seems like it is working fine but I'm going to have my interns keep coming around to check on you until I think you're strong enough to be moved into a regular room" Maggie assured the mother and daughter with a large smile of victory. "I'll leave you two to rest." was the last thing she said dismissing herself. Leaving Emma and Addison alone yet again.
"You don't want me to talk but, he called post it. I need to talk to meredith." was all Emma said as she closed her eyes and fell back asleep.
Not the longest chapter but just a little something I thought about when I was writing last nights chapter. I tried making the beginning similar to the episode where meredith basically died in season 3 from the drowning. Let me know how you guys liked it and dont forget to leave a little review. Thanks for reading :)